Senior Program Manager, Classified Space Programs (Aerospace)

Location: Northern Virginia or Aurora, Colorado, United States. The role requires U.S. citizenship, an active U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance or current Top Secret clearance with recent SCI eligibility, and performance under U.S.-only and ITAR/EAR restrictions.

Salary: $158,000–$198,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations and integrated space systems for remote sensing, climate monitoring, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Own program cost, schedule, technical baselines, risks, and contractual milestones from concept development through on-orbit operations.
• Plan and run program initiation reviews, in-process reviews, and milestone deliverable reviews.
• Serve as the primary programmatic and technical interface for U.S. Government contracting and technical representatives.
• Lead technical exchange meetings at appropriate classification levels and own the quality and delivery of CDRLs.
• Direct cross-functional teams across systems engineering, payload, flight software, ground processing, and mission operations.
• Support follow-on growth by converting program artifacts into proposal-ready material and supporting capture activities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of program management experience on complex aerospace or defense development programs, including ownership of cost, schedule, and technical baselines.
• Active U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance, or current Top Secret clearance with recent SCI eligibility.
• U.S. citizenship required; the program is ITAR-restricted and requires compliance with U.S. export controls.
• Experience executing U.S. Government contracts, including statements of work, CDRL deliverables, milestone-based structures, and government customer coordination.
• Experience running programs in classified environments, including work in cleared facilities and ownership of program security requirements.
• Domain experience with remote sensing systems, including EO/IR, RF, or both, at the payload or mission level.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity compensation for full-time employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, disability coverage, and life insurance.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support during the application and interview process.